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that is what motivates us. it is like the calls we're getting here. .hey know they're in trouble host: one of our viewers says can you offer the president a list of slogans? guest: "it's the middle class, stupid." [laughter] it is the next four years. stan and i talk about this all the time. they are open to a long-term solution. if you talk about the types of things you need to do to rebuild the middle class i think he would have a more receptive audience than people think. host: from lincoln, illinois. jeff. democrats line. -- farmington, illinois. just. democrats line. caller: i have been a democrat, and i am disgusted. he said the next four years are more important than the left four, and i do not blame for saying that because the democratic party can not run on the last four years. as a hard-working democrat, i am sick of my party being the champion of these people that do not want to work, that want a handout from government. every other day the democratic party is trying to pass this or that to pay for t
that is what motivates us. it is like the calls we're getting here. .hey know they're in trouble host: one of our viewers says can you offer the president a list of slogans? guest: "it's the middle class, stupid." [laughter] it is the next four years. stan and i talk about this all the time. they are open to a long-term solution. if you talk about the types of things you need to do to rebuild the middle class i think he would have a more receptive audience than people think. host:...
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host: thanks for joining us this morning and filling us in on that event yesterday. we have you for about 40 minutes on "washington journal." we will be discussing be repeal - the repeal of the health care vote. this is a headline. the house voted on wednesday to repeal all of present obamas's health care law, acting with the supreme court declined to. it was designed to lay the groundwork for voters to have the final say in november's elections. a lingering opposition to the law in home districts. five democrats joined the gop in favor of repeal. this marks the 33rd time the house has tried a full or partial repeal. it has become the defining domestic achievement of mr. obama's achievement. the senate has blocked every one of the previous repeal efforts with only a few weeks -- tweaks to the financing. of the five democrats that broke party ranks, two are conservative who are not considering reelection. the others are facing tough reelection battle. matheson had opposed a repeal, but switched his position. we want to get your thoughts on this repeal voted this morni
host: thanks for joining us this morning and filling us in on that event yesterday. we have you for about 40 minutes on "washington journal." we will be discussing be repeal - the repeal of the health care vote. this is a headline. the house voted on wednesday to repeal all of present obamas's health care law, acting with the supreme court declined to. it was designed to lay the groundwork for voters to have the final say in november's elections. a lingering opposition to the law in...
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you can also tweet us or send us an e-mail. let me move right from there into taxation, which is also part of this fiscal cliff. the deadline for december. this week, the senate's got a vote on taxes and why did that happen? what were the politics behind that? guest: in the last week or so, democrats, republicans, and senate have been dong this kind of dance. the republicans want to extend all the bush tax cuts, at least for a year. and they've talked about doing a broader overhaul. the democrats say and this is president obama's position, we don't want to extend the tax cuts for upper income earners, families making $250,000 or more. so what the question was was would there be a vote? and for a long time, it didn't look like there would be one. ultimately late on thursday, the senate leaders got together and they said we want to have this debate. we want to make a stark dividing line here. and so senate republicans, usually they object to anything just having a simple majority vote that usually requires 60 votes for the legisl
you can also tweet us or send us an e-mail. let me move right from there into taxation, which is also part of this fiscal cliff. the deadline for december. this week, the senate's got a vote on taxes and why did that happen? what were the politics behind that? guest: in the last week or so, democrats, republicans, and senate have been dong this kind of dance. the republicans want to extend all the bush tax cuts, at least for a year. and they've talked about doing a broader overhaul. the...
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-- you can also find us online. here is the front page of "the times tribune" of scranton, pennsylvania. here is the the associated press version of the story -- scranton, pennsylvania is not the only city problem with its budget. we will look at a number of stories about cities and towns across the country. here is what out of kansas from "the wichita eagle." detroit, michigan is getting help from its brothers. money problems there, and questions about how many police can stay on the job. let's hear from you and how you would get city budgets under control. from our democratic line, from michigan, good morning. caller: good morning, i live maybe 50 miles from flint, michigan and maybe 30 miles from saginaw, michigan and every morning when i get up, i noticed there have been people that have died in fires and people who have been shot, several children shot and yet our police are laid off. our firemen are laid off and yet our administrators, i feel they should take pay cuts. i feel the city commissioners should take
-- you can also find us online. here is the front page of "the times tribune" of scranton, pennsylvania. here is the the associated press version of the story -- scranton, pennsylvania is not the only city problem with its budget. we will look at a number of stories about cities and towns across the country. here is what out of kansas from "the wichita eagle." detroit, michigan is getting help from its brothers. money problems there, and questions about how many police can...
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it will help us. women, no longer pre-existing condition for women to get health care because we were putting 40% more if we had to buy our own policies. it helps us -- my daughter who is 25, she can be on my health care policy and i would not have to go out and spend 40% more to get her a private policy. with a larger pool, it brings down the cost because you have a healthy people and if you spread the risk, the cost comes down. the cost of the premiums were growing exponentially and there had to be something done about this. like other callerss, i would have much more preferred -- callers, i would have much support -- preferred single pair or 8 pool to choose from. this was a republican answer, harris is foundation. host: robert on twitter -- bonnie was one of them and so are you, robert parry columbus, ohio. .- robert pi columbus, ohio. turn down your radio. apologies to you, you miss your chance. republican, manhattan. you are on, yvonne. caller: i and a republican and i and an african american, a
it will help us. women, no longer pre-existing condition for women to get health care because we were putting 40% more if we had to buy our own policies. it helps us -- my daughter who is 25, she can be on my health care policy and i would not have to go out and spend 40% more to get her a private policy. with a larger pool, it brings down the cost because you have a healthy people and if you spread the risk, the cost comes down. the cost of the premiums were growing exponentially and there had...
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tell us about those issues at play. guest: in more normal circumstances when you receive mortgage rates this low, you would probably have many more people in the market. most of us have not seen them in the 4% range in our lifetime. that would normally be a strong factor pushing the housing market forward. the 15-year rate is under 4%. the fact it is holding back the market as far as lending is that underwriting standards are extremely tight. they have been for a couple of years. for those who do not have christine credit, -- christine credit -- pristine credit, it can be very difficult to get a mortgage. if it were typical to six years ago, we can see as much as 60% more sales than we are. host: here is a headline. the long-term effects on credit scores is feared. they tell stories about african-americans hit hard by the subprime bus. here is a chart that shows at the height of the bubble, african-americans were three times more likely than whites to get high rate mortgages. when the bubble burst, they lost a larger pr
tell us about those issues at play. guest: in more normal circumstances when you receive mortgage rates this low, you would probably have many more people in the market. most of us have not seen them in the 4% range in our lifetime. that would normally be a strong factor pushing the housing market forward. the 15-year rate is under 4%. the fact it is holding back the market as far as lending is that underwriting standards are extremely tight. they have been for a couple of years. for those who...
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the money comes from us. guest: david, you're exactly right and that's the point that i made, and that's our panel. in fact, david vellinga of mercy hospital in demoines was one of the presenters aft the health and human services committee yesterday and he pointed out what we're trying to deal with the croppic care issues and how we're working together in a public-private partnership but you're right, the federal medicaid program has been one of the biggest out of control spending entitlements in the country, and the last thing in the world we need to do is add to it another 15-$17 million, 17 million people, without adequate cost controls. we need to revamp and change the whole system and the federal government obviously in eight years, increasing the national debt by more than a trillion dollars, 40 cents of every dollar they're spending is borrowed money, and just imagine what's going to happen when interest rates go back to a more normal level. right now, the federal reserve has purposely kept interest ra
the money comes from us. guest: david, you're exactly right and that's the point that i made, and that's our panel. in fact, david vellinga of mercy hospital in demoines was one of the presenters aft the health and human services committee yesterday and he pointed out what we're trying to deal with the croppic care issues and how we're working together in a public-private partnership but you're right, the federal medicaid program has been one of the biggest out of control spending entitlements...
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host: marcia's joins us from texas -- marcia joins us from texas. caller: i am independent and i did vote for obama. this is an election year and there is a problem with jobs and the economy. bring home those troops will cause a big problem in terms of the economy. i believe things will change after this election if obama is elected. i don't think things will change until after the election. this is a political environment. thank you so much for your call. host: how much are you thinking about the issue of afghanistan as you look at candidates and think about your vote? caller: i am kind of on the fence. no matter who vote for, i probably will be holding my nose a little be it. as far as afghanistan, that money should not be spent the re. no matter how much we think we know, we do not know what the bargain was in terms of afghanistan and why that money was promised. i think we need to wait and see what happens after the election. host: thank you for sharing your perspective. you can: about the inspector general report. democrats can call and 202-737
host: marcia's joins us from texas -- marcia joins us from texas. caller: i am independent and i did vote for obama. this is an election year and there is a problem with jobs and the economy. bring home those troops will cause a big problem in terms of the economy. i believe things will change after this election if obama is elected. i don't think things will change until after the election. this is a political environment. thank you so much for your call. host: how much are you thinking about...
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or send us an e-mail. you can also send us a tweet. the bottom five of the top 10 starts with zimbabwe. we did zimbabwe. it's against an, haiti, yemen, iraq, the central african republic. -- it is afghanistan. guest: the continuation of conflict has led to a dramatic increase in their place on the failed states index. afghanistan has gone up in the last years on the index. it is a reflection of the fact that political instability and armed conflict are the two surest ways to make your country unstable in a way that lands you higher up on the failed states index. that is true of the country's of the arab spring. last year's index was the first that started the effects of the arab spring on this particular index. what it shows is on the one hand, you know the dramatic scenes of freedom and free speech in countries like egypt that had not had it. on the other hand, a dramatic increase in political instability and civil and sectarian strife in the country. all the countries of the arab spring, that went much higher on the list. host: where
or send us an e-mail. you can also send us a tweet. the bottom five of the top 10 starts with zimbabwe. we did zimbabwe. it's against an, haiti, yemen, iraq, the central african republic. -- it is afghanistan. guest: the continuation of conflict has led to a dramatic increase in their place on the failed states index. afghanistan has gone up in the last years on the index. it is a reflection of the fact that political instability and armed conflict are the two surest ways to make your country...
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call us, or twitter us or send us an e-mail. robert on the independent line from miami, good morning. caller: im morning -- good morning, how you doing. i wanted to say, i was watching larry king and barbara walters and they were talking about the state of journalism and how the question informs rather than the person, and i'm just -- i'm just real dissatisfied with how journalists -- it's become entertainment journalism now. you all don't report anymore. it's more like your opinion, it's more like your thoughts and you want to -- as a viewer you want to turn it off because you're not informed anymore on it, and i just wanted to -- i've seen this a couple of tiles on the morning shows, what have you, and i would like -- sometimes i just a error to report, rather than you put your opinion on it. what do you think about that? >> host: thank you. guest: look, i think it's a very legitimate question. i would say i, speaking as just me, try to do my best to report and provide some analysis to it. i think it is critically important th
call us, or twitter us or send us an e-mail. robert on the independent line from miami, good morning. caller: im morning -- good morning, how you doing. i wanted to say, i was watching larry king and barbara walters and they were talking about the state of journalism and how the question informs rather than the person, and i'm just -- i'm just real dissatisfied with how journalists -- it's become entertainment journalism now. you all don't report anymore. it's more like your opinion, it's more...